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DeMarcus Ware gives rundown of his 2013 injuries, angered at how much they held him back

ARLINGTON – With the season over, Dallas Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Ware was able to reveal all of the injuries he was playing with throughout the season.

“The whole season I had my right elbow. I don’t know what’s wrong with it,” Ware said. “I’ll get it checked out. This game, I wrapped my left elbow up, I hyper-extended it in practice. … I had a torn right quad for probably about six games, and then I got a herniated disk in my back. But I’ve been playing with that since 2010. It flared up on me a little bit.

“I just get out there and play, man. When I have an opportunity to get out there and play, I play to the best of my ability and I just keep it rolling.”

For the first time in his nine-year career, Ware didn’t play in all 16 games. He played in 13 games, finishing with a career-low six sacks.

Ware, 31, said he’ll find out more on his injuries Monday when he has MRIs during exit physicals.

The seven-time Pro Bowler stood in the middle of the Cowboys locker room answering questions for about 10 minutes Sunday night. It was obvious Ware became frustrated when he recalled how he started training camp and then finished the season.

“Oh my God, man. I feel like I started training camp on fire,” Ware said. “I couldn’t be stopped, I don’t care who I went against. Then trickling in the quad and the elbows and all the problems you sort of get pissed off about it because you know what you can do and you know there’s opportunities and things you can do for the team.

“To me, I feel like I wasn’t able to do that this season in key situations. Now I got to go back to the drawing board and say, ‘Hey, how can I clear that off?’ and be better for next year.”

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